COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association on Friday made changes to its cross country tournament structure at the regional level and increased the number of team state qualifiers. Teams from each district will compete in their own regional, whereas in the past some teams were forced to compete in other regionals to even out the number of competing teams at each location.

MARYSVILLE — Upper Sandusky’s Owen Knapp was third in his division in Wednesday’s Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association tournament at Marysville Golf Club. Knapp shot a 47 with two pars in his nine holes in the 12-and-younger division, finishing five strokes behind winner Minoy Shah, of Pleasant, who had four pars and a birdie in his round of 42.

Seven new athletes are among the 34 Angeline is taking to the Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games this weekend in Columbus. The new athletes helped increase the number of Wyandot County competitors by four or five from last year, Angeline coach Therese “Bucko” Barron said, and most of them cannot wait.

The Elks defeated Buffalo Trading, 9-3, in a girls slowpitch softball game last Tuesday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers ago. Later, flanked by his three children on Father’s Day, …

Upper Sandusky High School varsity boys basketball coach Jeff Winslow recently took the seventh and eighth grade teams to the Eastern Ohio Basketball team camp.

The Upper Sandusky “Little Lady Ram Spikers” summer volleyball camp is July 20-22 at Upper Sandusky High School. Camp will be held for students in third through fifth grades from 8-10 a.m. and for students in sixth through eighth grades from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame will host its fifth annual golf outing Aug. 20 at Bob’s Countryside Golf Course, 4204 Ohio 199, Carey. The outing is a four-person, 18-hole scramble with lunch included.

NEW WASHINGTON — Next Level Basketball 419 will host a basketball skills and drills camp from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12-14 at Buckeye Central High School. The camp is open to boys and girls in fifth through 12th grade.

Schuster’s Flowers held the Elks scoreless in the top of the sixth inning to hold on to a 15-14 victory in slowpitch softball last Thursday.